Don't use `kill -9 PID`. Use `kill -s TERM PID` - sends a signal to the process to end, and will trigger any cleanup routines before exiting.
Since the output of the `ps` command used by kafka-server-stop.sh exceeds 4096 characters. It shows "No kafka server to stop" On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:25 AM, Ghosh, Achintya (Contractor) < achintya_gh...@comcast.com> wrote: > Hi team, > > What is the command to shutdown kafka server gracefully instead of using > 'kill -9 PID'? > > If we use bin/kafka-server-stop.sh it shows "No kafka server to stop" but > the service actually running and I see the PID by using "ps -ef|grep kafka" > > > Thanks > Achintya >
